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Max Sparber

Arts Editor

Max Sparber is an award-winning author and journalist from Minneapolis. His writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won both a Premack Award and a Page One Award, and his work has been published in The Guardian, Tablet, Modern Drunkard, and City Pages.

Recent Contributions

  • Art briefs: Advocates rally for creative jobs lost during pandemic
  • Park Square Theatre cancels remaining season
  • It's-a-me, Mario's shoe: Red Wing makes boots inspired by video game character Mario
  • No more winter blues, highlights of the Great Northern Festival
  • 5 Minnesota chefs make the cut as 2023 James Beard Award semifinalists
  • Deteriorating ice conditions force some Minnesota winter events to pivot
  • Art Hounds: Last chance to see 'Paj qaum ntuj' at the Walker
  • Top 7 holiday movies set or filmed in Minnesota, from campy to Christmassy 
  • Top 10 holiday shows to see this weekend in the Twin Cities metro
  • Top upcoming holiday shows, performances across Minnesota